Overview
- Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau said it is conducting searches at workplaces, homes, and cars of several current and former Supreme Court judges, including ex-court head Vsevolod Knyazev, with more details to come.
- Investigators say the case centers on a $2.7 million payoff linked to the Grand Chamber’s April 19, 2023 decision that affirmed Ferrexpo’s 2002 purchase of shares in the Poltava mining plant.
- The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office sent an indictment against Knyazev to the High Anti-Corruption Court in March 2024.
- The High Anti-Corruption Court ordered pretrial detention for businessman Kostyantyn Zhevago in July 2024 after naming him a suspect in providing the alleged bribe.
- NABU leads the investigations, the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office brings charges, and the High Anti-Corruption Court hears the cases, reflecting Ukraine’s dedicated system for tackling high-level graft.